Selling the yellow jersey : the Tour de France in the global era /

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Eric Reed examines the Tour de France's development as well as the event's global athletic, cultural, and commercial influences. He explores the behind-the-scenes growth of the Tour, while simultaneously chronicling France's role as a dynamic force in the global arena.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reed, Eric (Professor of history) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Temas:
Tour de France (Bicycle race) > History.
Tour de France (Bicycle race)
Bicycle racing > France > History.
Courses cyclistes > France > Histoire.
SPORTS & RECREATION > General.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Bicycle racing.
France.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; Chapter 1. Sport, Bicycling, and Globalization in the Print Era: Convergences and Divergences; Chapter 2. The Tour, Greatest of the Turn-of-the- Century Bicycle Races; Chapter 3. The Tour and Television: A Love- Hate Story; Chapter 4. The French School of Cycling; Chapter 5. The Tour in the Provinces: Sport and Small Cities in the Global Age; Chapter 6. The Tour's Globalizing Agenda in the Television Age; Chapter 7. The Global Tour and Its Stars; Afterword: Doping and the Tour on the World Stage; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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